The Latino GLBT History Project (LHP) invites you to enjoy this special reception in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month and LGBT History Month. Enjoy light appetizers, refreshments and excellent company as you explore LHP’s historical exhibit titled Presente. $5 suggested donation.
Special Remarks by U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
Exhibit Description: Presente is a bilingual English and Spanish historical exhibit comprised of 7 colorful display panels and memorabilia from Latino/a LGBTQ community leaders. It is a testimony of the Latino/a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community’s struggle for visibility and recognition in the community of metropolitan Washington, D.C. Presente tells its stories through photographs, articles and memorabilia from ... Go to event
No other artist has been more closely associated with the Hispanic Society of America than the Valencian painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). With the finest collection of works by Sorolla outside of Spain, the Hispanic Society has been a required visit, if not a pilgrimage, for all who admire the “painter of light.”
Sorolla’s masterwork Vision of Spain, comprised of 14 monumental oil paintings on canvas depicting the peoples and regions of Spain, has been a museum highlight since it was first exhibited in 1926. Having received the commission for the Hispanic Society in 1911 from its founder, Archer Milton Huntington, over the next eight years Sorolla traveled throughout the regions of Spain, producing hundreds of preparatory sketches before completingVision of Spain in 1919.
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